The World Crisis: The Aftermath 1918-1928.

The World Crisis: The Aftermath 1918-1928; Signed by Winston S. Churchill in the Year of Publication

The World Crisis: The Aftermath 1918-1928.

Churchill, Winston S.

$4,000.00

Item Number: 58018

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929.

First edition, second printing, printed one month after the first of Churchill’s fourth volume in his World Crisis series. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine and front panel, maps. Signed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “Inscribed by Winston S. Churchill Nov. 25, 1929.” In near fine condition with a touch of wear.

His American biographer William Manchester wrote that: His masterpiece is The World Crisis, published over a period of several years, 1923 to 1931, a six-volume, 3,261-page account of the Great War, beginning with its origins in 1911 and ending with its repercussions in the 1920s. Magnificently written, it is enhanced by the presence of the author at the highest councils of war and in the trenches as a battalion commander. The British historian Robert Rhodes James wrote that: For all its pitfalls as history, The World Crisis must surely stand as Churchills masterpiece.As first lord of the admiralty and minister for war and air, Churchill stood resolute at the center of international affairs. In this classic account, he dramatically details how the tides of despair and triumph flowed and ebbed as the political and military leaders of the time navigated the dangerous currents of world conflict. Churchill vividly recounts the major campaigns that shaped the war: the furious attacks of the Marne, the naval maneuvers off Jutland, Verdun's "soul-stirring frenzy," and the surprising victory of Chemins des Dames. Here, too, he re-creates the dawn of modern warfare: the buzz of airplanes overhead, trench combat, artillery thunder, and the threat of chemical warfare. In Churchill's inimitable voice we hear how "the war to end all wars" instead gave birth to every war that would follow. "The World Crisis is at once an outstandingly readable history of the First World War -- the seminal drama of modern times -- and an eyewitness account, especially of its opening years. Whether as a statesman or an author, Churchill was a giant; and The World Crisis towers over most other books about the Great War" (David Fromkin).

First British editions of each of the four volumes of this set. Octavo, 4 volumes. Elegantly bound in contemporary three quarters burgundy morocco, gilt-tooling to the spine in six compartments with raised bands, top edge gilt. In fine condition.

First British editions, first printings of each of the four volumes of this set. Octavo, original cloth, 4 volumes. Near fine in the original dust jackets with light shelfwear. A very nice example of this set.

Price:
$1,100.00

Signed photograph of Prime Minister Winston Churchill with his right hand in his pocket. Boldly signed, “Winston S. Churchill, 1941”, affixed to its original studio mount. Accompanied by a letter from Churchill’s personal secretary R. E. K. Hill, dated July 3, 1941, addressed Mrs. Stapleton, “I am now returning to you the photograph of Mr. Churchill, which he was glad to autograph for your husband’s ship, H.M.S. ‘Amaranthus.’ Nicholas Stapleton commanded HMS Amaranthus from January to August 1941. American photographer Edward Steichen took this photo of Churchill in 1932 for Vanity Fair magazine, with the image later serving as the dust jacket photograph for While England Slept in 1938, the American edition of Churchill’s Arms and the Covenant. Authorized copies of this print were produced for sale by Harrods after Churchill ascended to the Prime Ministership in 1940. The photograph measures 5.75 inches by 7.75 inches. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 18 inches by 21 inches. An exceptional signed portrait with noted provenance.

First editions of Churchill’s World War II masterpiece. Six Volumes, octavo, original black cloth, patterned endpapers. Inscribed and dated in the year of publication by Winston Churchill on the half-title page of volume five. Each are near fine in very good to near fine dust jackets.

First British editions of each of the four volumes of this setof Churchill’s classic history. Octavo, original cloth, 4 volumes. Volumes two and three are signed by Winston Churchill on the title page. Each are near fine in the original dust jackets that show light toning. Housed in a custom slipcase. An exceptional set, rare and desirable signed.

Guest book page signed by Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill and his wife, Clementine Churchill. Additionally signed by Prime Minister Anthony Eden and his first wife Beatrice Beckett, Mary Spenser-Churchill (the youngest of the five Churchill children), and Walter Kirke, the Commander in Chief of the British Home Forces during the Second World War. The signatures were obtained at an ice hockey match in which all six were in attendance at the Empire Pool and Sports Arena in London on Februray 24th 1940. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 17 inches by 24 inches. Rare and desirable signed by the Churchill’s and Anthony Eden.

Price:
$4,500.00

Black and white photograph of Winston Churchill, while he was the first Lord of the Admiralty. Boldly signed “Winston S. Churchill 1945.” Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 14.5 inches by 16 inches.

London: Library of Imperial History In association With Charles Scribner's Sons and The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited, 1973-76.

Centenary limited edition of Churchill’s Complete Works, one of only 3000 sets produced. Octavo, original full vellum, 38 volumes. Boards gilt-stamped with the Churchill arms, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, original dark green slipcases, also gilt-stamped with the Churchill coat of arms. In fine condition in the fine original slipcases. A beautiful set.

Price:
$10,000.00

Autograph Album Leaf Signed by Winston S. Churchill and dated in 1919. Also signed by Field Marshall John French; Charles, 9th Duke of Marlborough; Hugh, 2nd Duke of Westminster. Double matted and framed opposite a photograph of Churchill. The entire piece measures 18.5 inches by 22.5 inches. A wonderful presentation.

First editions of Winston Churchill’s masterpiece. Octavo, six volumes. Bound in three-quarters red morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, with the rampant lion in gilt on the spines, top edge gilt, maps present. In fine condition.

Price:
$2,500.00

Signed photograph of Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Black and white full-length photograph of Churchill reclining in a chair at his estate Chartwell, signed in the lower border, “Winston S. Churchill.” Chartwell wasthe country house for over forty years the home of Winston Churchill. Churchill bought the property in September 1922 and lived there until shortly before his death in January 1965. In the thirties, excluded from political office, Chartwell became the center of Churchill’s world and “the most important country house in Europe”. At his dining table, he gathered friends to support him in his campaigns against German re-armament and the British government’s response of appeasement; in his study, he composed his speeches and wrote his books; in his garden, he built walls, constructed lakes and painted. Closed up during the Second World War, the Churchills returned to Chartwell after he lost the 1945 election. In October 1964, he left the house for the last time, dying at his London home on 24 January 1965. The photograph measures 9 inches by 10 inches. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 16 inches by 18 inches. Rare and desirable in such a large format.

First British editions of each of the four volumes of this set. Octavo, 4 volumes, original cloth. Fine in near fine dust jackets with a touch of wear. Housed in a custom clamshell chemise case by Asprey. An exceptional presentation.

First editions of each volume. Octavo, 4 volumes, original cloth, with hundreds of maps and plans (many folding), plates and document facsimiles, top edge gilt. Volume 3 is inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “Hailsham from Winston October 1936.” The recipient, Quintin McGarel Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone was an avid conservative and supporter of Churchill. Throughout his long political career, he held the positions of Conservative MP for Oxford and St Marylebone, Chairman of the Conservative Party, Minister of the State of Education and Science, and served two terms as Lord Chancellor between 1970-74 and 1979-87. Hailsham most notably supported Churchill in the significant Norway Debate of May 1940 which directly resulted in the formation of Churchill’s coalition government and his governance of Britain until the end of World War II. Fine in the original dust jackets which are in very good to near fine condition. A very nice association.

First British editions of each of the four volumes of this setof Churchill’s classic history. Octavo, original cloth, 4 volumes. Boldy signed by Winston S. Churchill on the front free endpaper (sideways) in volume one. Each are near fine in the original dust jackets that show light toning.

First editions of Winston Churchill’s masterpiece. Octavo, six volumes. Bound in three-quarters green morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, with the rampant lion in gilt on the spines, top edge gilt, maps present. In fine condition.

First edition of Sharon’s autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed and dated by Ariel Sharon on the half-title page. Laid in a lecture announcement by Sharon. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.